Sirqul and Catalyst Workplace Activation Reveal the Future of Smart Offices in Seattle

The con­nect­ed work­place com­bi­nes the human ele­ment with the intel­li­gence of smart devices and the pow­er and might of super­com­put­ing data pro­cess­ing. Right here in Seat­tle, the con­nect­ed work­place is becom­ing a real­i­ty through Cat­a­lyst Work­place Acti­va­tion and Sirqul’s con­cept of the “Smart Office” where peo­ple engage, inno­vate, and share knowl­edge in mean­ing­ful ways. Sirqul will provide the tech­no­log­i­cal foun­da­tion, machine learn­ing, and AI to cap­ture the essence and data to not only accel­er­ate pro­duc­tiv­i­ty, but also enable the next wave of inno­v­a­tive ideas to the fore­front through a con­nect­ed, enlight­ened office envi­ron­ment.

“Our mis­sion is to sup­port and enable the unique pur­pose and char­ac­ter of each orga­ni­za­tion, accom­mo­date a vari­ety of day-to-day work activ­i­ties, adapt to evolv­ing work­styles, and most impor­tant­ly engage peo­ple in the work­place to be more col­lab­o­ra­tive, inspired, and inno­v­a­tive through the infu­sion of tech­nol­o­gy into the process”, said Sean O’Brien, Pres­i­dent & CEO of Cat­a­lyst Work­place Acti­va­tion.

The Vision of Tech­nol­o­gy

In part­ner­ship, Sirqul and Cat­a­lyst Work­place Acti­va­tion will demon­strate the “Smart Office of the Future” using Sirqul’s exper­tise as a lead­ing tech­nol­o­gy plat­form for cap­tur­ing the “Intel­li­gence of Things” (IoT) in both cor­po­rate and com­mer­cial smart office spaces. With Sirqul engi­neer­ing the tech plat­form and Cat­a­lyst lead­ing in work­place acti­va­tion and inte­ri­or space fur­nish­ings, both will bring con­nect­ed, engag­ing, and intel­li­gent expe­ri­ences and insights to the work­place.

Offices can now reveal the heart­beat of com­pa­ny inter­ac­tions, unknown trends, and alle­vi­ate bur­dens of the work­day by pro­vid­ing nev­er seen before insight and data.

“This col­lab­o­ra­tive part­ner­ship allows us to devel­op high impact inte­grat­ed solu­tions for the work­place while improv­ing employ­ee pro­duc­tiv­i­ty and bot­tom-line rev­enue for busi­ness­es. Inspired to trans­form the work­place, we look for­ward to com­bin­ing peo­ple, place and tech­nol­o­gy to exceed the expec­ta­tions and needs of busi­ness today and in the future”, said Robert Fred­er­ick, CEO & Founder of Sirqul.

Respon­sive Work­place Envi­ron­ments

This part­ner­ship will dis­rupt the “tra­di­tion­al” office fur­ni­ture con­ver­sa­tion by exam­in­ing the inter­sec­tion of peo­ple, place, and tech­nol­o­gy. We real­ize it is increas­ing­ly evi­dent that the design of spaces is an enabler to mean­ing­ful inter­ac­tions between peo­ple and fos­ters a sense of com­mu­ni­ty and cul­ture by tak­ing on the chal­lenges of design­ing for a more pro­duc­tive, col­lab­o­ra­tive, and inspir­ing work­place, lever­ag­ing tech­nol­o­gy to process data on how peo­ple work, com­mu­ni­cate and engage with one anoth­er.

Sirqul’s on-premise and cloud solu­tions will enable smart devices to not only anony­mous­ly track intent, move­ment, dwell times, space uti­liza­tion, and inter­ac­tions, but also act by adjust­ing tem­per­a­tures, reserv­ing con­fer­ence rooms, order­ing food, mak­ing rec­om­men­da­tions, pro­vid­ing dig­i­tal concierge ser­vices, check­ing-in guests, and more. In short, we need to design spaces that make the phys­i­cal work envi­ron­ment intel­li­gent and adapt­able to com­pa­ny work­flows. In doing so, we will cre­ate a future where work­places allow us to be more pro­duc­tive, inno­v­a­tive, and hap­py.

The Cat­a­lyst Loft Lives as an Inno­va­tion Work­place Lab

The Cat­a­lyst Loft is a liv­ing, ever-chang­ing lab for thought lead­er­ship, learn­ing, and dia­logue on the mod­ern work­place – inject­ing new ideas to ele­vate work­place col­lab­o­ra­tion and sat­is­fac­tion. The Cat­a­lyst Loft brings togeth­er cus­tomers, part­ners, com­mer­cial real estate pro­fes­sion­als, archi­tects, design­ers, and man­u­fac­tur­ers togeth­er for advanc­ing the dis­cus­sion around the work­place. The pub­lic is invit­ed to join in on the dis­cus­sions that will lead us to our future work­place and to tour the three core zones of peo­ple, place, and tech­nol­o­gy. By appoint­ment only, please con­tact Cat­a­lyst to sched­ule your per­son­al vis­it.

The Age of Intel­li­gence

The age of intel­li­gence has been com­ing for many years. Its push into the lime­light is being dri­ven by afford­able com­put­ing pow­er, unlim­it­ed data stor­age, the abil­i­ty to process petabytes of infor­ma­tion in less time than it takes to drink a cup of cof­fee. Stream­ing, real-time ana­lyt­ics and tak­ing action all while remain­ing almost invis­i­ble are the keys to suc­cess in this age for the evolv­ing work envi­ron­ment. Such is the part­ner­ship between Sirqul and Cat­a­lyst Work­place Acti­va­tion.